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Write to a Clone Day: Chapter 5

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                Jalena wiped the sweat off her brow and put down the dish towel. After three hours of intense scrubbing, the kitchen had passed both of her mothers’ inspections and she was ready to vent her troubles to Fives.

                Jalena went up to her room, pulled up her holomail account, and though her feelings felt as though they were being squeezed through a tiny crack at first, she opened up eventually.

                Dear Fives,                                 

                How has life been for you recently? Any war stories you’ve passed on to all of the other clones so much that they’re sick of hearing them? My life’s been interesting lately, but I’ll get to that part later.

    In response to your questions, I am twelve standard years old, my favorite thing to study (as of now) is how the Republic, and more specifically, its army works. Writing to you was probably the best thing that has happened to my interest in anything. Strategy fascinates me. I love looking at the designs of different blasters. Hell, I’ve even looked up the more famous battles so I can be more educated. That is progress from my norm (which is failing almost all of my classes). My opinion on the senate, after two weeks of research, is that their intentions are sometimes good, but they can be sleemos as well. They’re also always too slow, which is why I’m more interested in the Grand Army of the Republic. Are there a lot of non-Jedi, non-clones in the army?

                Something interesting happened as a result of your letter. We had to read them in front of the class, and most of my class was pretty cool with our writing, but this one jerk, Clinee (he wrote to Rex), harassed me and inferred that I wanted to screw you (which I don’t, by the way. I mean that in the nicest way possible). Long story short, we argued and then I punched him. We fought, and now I’m suspended from school for four days. The kid who started it got one day and a less harsh punishment in school because his friends lied for him. I clean the mess hall for a month. I don’t know about your barracks, but our mess hall is worse than the bathrooms. It’s so unfair! Do you have any way I could possibly get back at Clinee, or at least expose those lies for what they are?

                Sincerely,

                Jalena 

                P.S. Clinee told me that I should ask you for fighting tips. Can you give me some?

    Jalena felt a weight lift off of her chest as she clicked the send button. After that, she started on her homework; it wasn’t going to be easy catching up after four days, so her parents made her start early. She was stuck on what felt like was the hardest geometry problem of her life when her computer made a pinging sound, indicating that she’d gotten an email. Excitedly, she turned toward her computer, only to find that it was Mr. Undari sending her the next day’s homework. Jalena groaned loudly and flopped on her bed. She was tired of trying to find the surface area of a shape that she couldn’t even identify because it had so many things cut out of it. She got ready for bed, and just as she was about to sleep, the computer pinged again, and she looked up tiredly, but still hoping. This time, she got lucky.

                Dear Jalena,

                I’m sorry about your suspension. I hope that Clinee kid gets what’s coming to him. I asked Rex about him, and he said that his letter was one of the worst that our entire legion had gotten (we may have compared the letters from you kids as well), if that makes you feel any better.

                Life’s been average lately, battles and such. We’re about to go to Ringovinda to battle, so that’s something that’s coming up lately. Speaking of, I’m glad to see that you’re interested in something because of me, but remember that war (despite what the Republic army propaganda may tell you) is not a glorious lifestyle. I had to watch almost all of my squad die in front of me, and two clones that I knew relatively well died by suicide bombing. You have to be ready to sacrifice your life if you’re on the front lines. Watch some footage that’s a little bit deeper in the Grand Army’s website…click on the Third Battle of Kamino’s article and there will be a link to all of the security camera videos. If you can watch that and all of the other videos that your can find, you may be ready for a career in the Army. You have a chance of getting in; just get your grades up, okay?

                Speaking of security cameras, does your school have any? If there was one pointing where you and Clinee were fighting, it would show him coming up to you and him pushing you to your limit before you punched. You’ll probably have the same amount of punishment, but he’ll have to serve worse as well.

                Sincerely,

                Fives

                P.S. I’m probably not supposed to tell you how to fight, so if anyone asks, you didn’t hear it from me. However, everyone knows the haymaker, so if you used that, try punching straight on or using a reverse or something. Also, kicking is much more powerful, so they’ll be disabled faster. Don’t kick with the top of your foot. You’ll only be asking for a bruise.

                Jalena smiled as she drifted off to sleep, hoping that Fives would be okay on Ringovinda. She was happy for him giving the genuine advice. He seemed like a bit of a troublemaker too. Now that she thought about it, angles were important for how she would aim blasters and cannons. Maybe she would pay attention in geometry.

Little does Jalena know that Fives' life will soon become a roller coaster. After this chapter, there will be spoilers for season six, so if you haven't watched that, read with caution.

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This is amazing! Good job! :D